Best Practices- Issue #21: How to practice (1 of 2)

Practicing Ruby - Issue #21: How to practice (1 of 2):

Issue #21: How to practice (1 of 2) 2011-09-06 16:00, written by Gregory Brown Originally published as part of the first volume of the Practicing Ruby newsletter on January 22, 2011. Most of these issues draw inspiration from discussions and teaching sessions at my free online school, Mendicant University . When I was 17 years old, I was asked by an Air Force military training instructor how to get to Carnegie Hall. Before I could even think of why he’d ask me this question, he shouted “Practice! Practice! Practice!” This was followed by an hour long monologue about the finer points of properly making a bed and stowing underwear in a locker, which might explain why my aspirations for a military career started and ended in JROTC . But that cliché of a first line stuck with me, even to this day. You are reading a newsletter called Practicing Ruby. Therefore, you must not be ...

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